Policemen Brutally Beat Up Student On His Way To Church; Rupture His Intestine (Photo)
Category: Lagos News
A 200-level university student, John Ekefre, has been admitted into
the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital after policemen from the
Iponri division tortured him and damaged his intestine.
He was said to have been operated on to rectify the internal injury
and to remove “the blood clots” that blocked his chest as a result of
the torture.
His elder sister, Mercy Ekefre, told our correspondent, who visited
LASUTH on Tuesday that the family had spent over N200,000 on John’s
treatment.
“The doctor said his intestine was ruptured and that he had a blood
clot. He had a surgery and we are still awaiting the medical report,”
she added.
It was learnt that John, an appendicitis patient who works in a
cinema house in Surulere, and four other friends were going for a church
programme tagged, The Experience, organised by the House on the Rock at
the Tafawa Balewa Square, Lagos Island, after they had closed from work
around 11pm on Friday, December 4.
Our correspondent learnt that John and Anthony Kenkwo, a graduate of a
university in Imo State, had waited for three other colleagues, Michael
Peter, Godwin Ekeji and Joy Imoh on the fateful day so that they could
go for the programme in a group.
It was said that on getting to the Costain area, the vehicle that the
young men boarded ran into gridlock and they decided to alight from the
commercial bus.
PUNCH Metro gathered that they were walking by the roadside when they
were arrested by the policemen, who accused them of robbery.
John, 22, said he and his friends showed the cops their identity
cards, but were rebuffed. He said the policemen beat him to a coma when
he demanded to know what their offence was.
He said, “I work at a cinema in Surulere. We were on afternoon duty
that fateful Friday. We closed around 11pm and left for TBS to attend a
church programme – The Experience 10.
“When we got to Costain, we alighted from the bus we boarded because
there was gridlock. About five policemen on patrol stopped us and we
told them we were going to the church. They searched our bags, but
nothing incriminating was found there. They forced us into their bus. We
showed them our identity cards, but they ignored us.
“On our way to the station, I asked them what our offence was and
they said we were highway robbers. When we got to the station, they
dragged me down, beat me up and one of them hit me in the stomach with
the butt of his gun.
“They said I was too inquisitive. The following day, they collected N6,000 from my brother before I was released.”
Kenkwo said a policeman pummelled him when he complained that their
arrest was not justified. He said he eventually parted with N5,500
before he was release.
He said, “It was a bitter experience. Every Friday and Saturday, we
run late night shows. After the close of work, Ekefre and I waited for
three other friends from Apapa so that we would go to the programme in a
group. The traffic was hectic that night and we decided to disembark
from the bus because the guys with us looked stern.
“I also asked the officer who took my statement what I did. But he
responded with punches. It was while I was in the cell that I started
bleeding from the nose.
“They charged me N10,000 for bail. It was after my brother bargained
with them that they collected N5,500. They collected N5,000 from Godwin
(Ekeji’s) family, but Joy, the only female among us, was released free.”
Peter told our correspondent that the policemen collected N8,000 before he was released.
Godwin could not be reached but Ekefre confirmed that his (Godwin’s) relatives paid N5,000 for his bail.
A lawyer and President, Citizens Rights Defenders, Chief Gabriel
Ojumah, said he had, in a petition dated December 14, urged the
Inspector-General of Police, Solomon Arase, Federal Ministry of Justice
and the National Human Rights Commission “to investigate the matter and
bring the erring policemen to book.”
Calls made to the line of the Lagos State police spokesperson, DSP
Joe Offor, rang out. He had also yet to reply to a text message sent to
his number as of time of filing this report.
Source: Vanguard
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